About this plugin
VizProof Timeline connects WordPress to VizProof, a visual regression testing service, so every WordPress update can be followed by an automated visual check of your key pages.
Why
Plugin, theme, and core updates rarely throw PHP errors when they break something visual: a shifted button, a collapsed layout, a missing hero image. Your monitoring stays green while your pages degrade. VizProof Timeline catches those regressions right from wp-admin, before your visitors do.
How it works
- Click “Connecter à VizProof”: authorize the site from your VizProof account and the API token and project are configured automatically (a manual API token also works).
- Select the pages to monitor: each one is auto-classified as Single, Listing, or Static.
- Run updates as usual: a modal captures the “before” reference with live progress, the update then applies on its own, and a visual scan runs right after.
- Read the verdict first (OK / anomalies to review); pipeline and per-site details stay folded unless something is wrong.
Key features
- One-click connect to VizProof, without any API token copy/paste (manual token still supported)
- Settings profiles: “Simple (recommandé)” and “Prudent” presets configure the whole automation in one click; fine-grained settings live under “Réglages avancés”
- Guaranteed before/after ordering: the “before” reference is captured and promoted before the update starts, from a progress modal, including for WordPress core updates
- Optional strict mode: cancel the WordPress update if the baseline could not be captured in time
- Post-update scans after plugin, theme, or core updates, including background automatic updates
- Content-aware reference: publishing or editing content refreshes the baseline of the affected pages (partial re-capture on supporting servers), so editorial changes never show up as regressions
- Verdict-first update panel and quiet, dismissible admin notices
- Run history and visual diff summaries in wp-admin
- Scheduled checks with WP-Cron (Action Scheduler fallback)
- Plugin rollback with local backups when an update causes regressions
- Multisite support in per-site and network-wide modes
- WP-CLI commands ( wp vizproof connect|disconnect|status|pages|baseline|scan|report ) with JSON output and CI-friendly exit codes, plus scans hooked into CLI-triggered updates
Requirements
A VizProof account and API token are required. com/register. See the Installation section for the step-by-step setup.
External services
com (or a custom VizProof API URL configured by the site administrator).
It sends requests only when plugin features are used (project/page loading, scan launches, run history refresh, post-update workflows, scheduled scans).
Data that may be sent includes:
- API token entered by an administrator
- Linked VizProof site/project ID
- Page IDs or URLs used for scans
- Run trigger metadata required by update workflows
Service documentation and policies:
- Privacy Policy: https://vizproof.com/privacy
- Terms of Service: https://vizproof.com/terms